Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne The one on the transom is just for the bilge pumps and auto switch. The triple I put in 2 just to be safe. Those wires go to the one on the starboard side. I use part of that terminal block for all the grounds and the stern light. Then we made a harness that goes to the terminal block under the dash and from there to the electrical panel. It's great when you need to test a circuit. With only one bilge you could use 2 terminal blocks. Front and Starboard side
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Thanks for the info. What did you end up using for wire? It looks like you have cable of some sort other than the junk they give you with the bilge pumps, lights, and such. I would assume some sort of outdoor cable (i.e. SJOW, or something similar).
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne One of our drivers is an electrician by trade and he got it for us to use.
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Marine wire is copper that has been tinned. It is available all over the place like here: http://www.shipstore.com/SS/HTML/ANC/ANCPRIMARYWIRE.html jim
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne This is where I buy a lot of stuff. It is near me and I go in and buy it in bulk. http://www.skycraftsurplus.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=153 jim
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Jim Those Skycraftsurplus prices are a fraction of what I have seen elsewhere. There might not be the selection on color and size that you can get some places but I see, for example, that you can get 100 ft of 16 AWG white marine wire for under 7 bucks. Now that's a deal that probably would make it worth just using white wire... Thanks for the heads up on this!
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Mark, Their prices are lower because the stuff is surplus. Some of it is from the space center I think. I bought a pair of new airguides from them through e-bay. They have all kinds of stuff including crimp on connectors. By the way I cut the insulation off of the connectors, crimp them, solder, and put shrink tubing on. If it is something like a kill switch, I might even solder the connector to the switch so that vibration can not get to it. If you need color coding, you can just get some colored tape and tape the ends of the wires to maintain the color code. Or even put a tape stripe every 6 inches or so. jim
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Excellent idea. As always, your extensive knowledge of all things Hydrodyne and marine is a huge help to me and many others. There is a heck of alot of "Jim" in my boat! (If it sinks on the maiden voyage I'll be sure to remind you of that, too!) Wink
Re: My shiny new 1971 Dyne Mark, I like to do this because I did not have much help for years. After moving to FL I met some people that really know what they are doing. I spent a lot of time studying their methods and I am glad to pass it along. jim
